Photos: New cheetahs at Zoo Miami

Samuel Rivera, right, an American Airlines employee, tries to get a closer look at one of the animals after it had been off loaded in preparation for transport to Zoo Miami.

Samuel Rivera, right, an American Airlines employee, tries to get a closer look at one of the animals after it had been off loaded in preparation for transport to Zoo Miami. (Jose A. Iglesias, Miami Herald)

Zoo Miami's Ron Magill inspects the animals after they were downloaded from the plane at MIA for transportation to Zoo Miami.Magill traveled to South Africa to help load the cheetahs and personally escort them back. Their South African Airways flight arrived at JFK airport in New York at 5:50 a.m. this morning, November 29th. The cheetahs and Ron Magill made their 9:00 a.m. connection on American Airlines flight 647 which is scheduled to land at MIA at 12:20 p.m today.

Zoo Miami's Ron Magill inspects the animals after they were downloaded from the plane at MIA for transportation to Zoo Miami.Magill traveled to South Africa to help load the cheetahs and personally escort them back. Their South African Airways flight arrived at JFK airport in New York at 5:50 a.m. this morning, November 29th. The cheetahs and Ron Magill made their 9:00 a.m. connection on American Airlines flight 647 which is scheduled to land at MIA at 12:20 p.m today. (Jose A. Iglesias, Miami Herald)